10 Things to Know for Tuesday

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Updated 12:12 am, Tuesday, February 13, 2018

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Pasco County Commission candidates Kelly Smith, left, and Brandi Geoit prepare forms for their Galentine's Day meeting Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Lutz, Fla. Galentine's Day, which is celebrated on Feb. 13, is a day to celebrate not only women's friendships, but activism. In the light of the #MeToo movement, Galentine's Day marks the positivity of the women's movement and female solidarity. less

Pasco County Commission candidates Kelly Smith, left, and Brandi Geoit prepare forms for their Galentine's Day meeting Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Lutz, Fla. Galentine's Day, which is celebrated on Feb. 13, is a ... more

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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. New satellite research shows that global warming is making seas rise at an ever increasing rate. Scientists say melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica is speeding up sea level rise so that by the year 2100 on average oceans will be two feet higher than today, probably even more. less

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel in New York in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. New satellite research shows that global warming is making seas ... more

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FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1987 file photo, Vic Damone, left, and Diahann Carroll show off their rings after wedding in Atlantic City, N,J. Damone died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at a Miami Beach hospital from complications of a respiratory illness. He was 89. less

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1987 file photo, Vic Damone, left, and Diahann Carroll show off their rings after wedding in Atlantic City, N,J. Damone died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, at a Miami Beach hospital from ... more

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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

1. WHO'S REVERSING YEARS OF GOP DOGMA

Trump unveils a $4.4 trillion budget that would usher in a new era of $1 trillion-plus federal deficits and never comes close to promising a balanced budget.

The B-52, which people have called "aging" seemingly for ages, is now likely to outlive its younger, snazzier brother bombers, the swing-wing B-1 and the stealthy B-2.

4. 'WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THIS IS OUR HOLIDAY'

"Galentine's Day" — women celebrating women — started as a fictional holiday. But this year, many women are turning the day into part of the #MeToo movement.

5. OFFICIAL PORTRAITS OF THE OBAMAS UNVEILED

The former president jokes that the artist who painted his likeness ignored his request for less gray hair and "smaller ears."

6. CAUSE OF DEADLY CRASH STILL A MYSTERY

Emergency teams search a snowy field outside Moscow for clues to the crash of a Russian airliner that killed all 71 people on board.

7. SCARE FOR TRUMP FAMILY

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife is taken to a New York hospital as a precaution after she opens an envelope addressed to her husband containing an unidentified white powder. Police later say the substance wasn't dangerous.

8. WHAT'S LATEST SIGN OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are speeding up the already fast pace of sea level rise, new satellite research shows.

9. VIC DAMONE DEAD AT 89

The singer's easy-listening romantic ballads brought him million-selling records and sustained a half-century show biz career.

10. VIRGINIA TAKES TOP SPOT

The Cavaliers, despite an OT home loss on Saturday, climb to No. 1 in the AP men's basketball poll for the first time in more than 35 years.